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     Lt.-Col. George Grenville Malet was born on 7 March 1806.¹ He was the son of Sir Charles Warre Malet, 1st Bt. and Susanna Wales.² He married Mary Maria Fleming Taylor, daughter of Colonel John Taylor, on 31 March 1851.¹ He died on 9 December 1856 at age 50, killed in action.¹
     He was Lieutenant-Colonel of the 3rd Bombay Light Cavalry.¹ He fought in the Persian War in 1856.¹

     Colonel John Taylor was in the Honourable East India Company Service.¹

     Mary Maria Fleming Taylor was the daughter of Colonel John Taylor.² She married Lt.-Col. George Grenville Malet, son of Sir Charles Warre Malet, 1st Bt. and Susanna Wales, on 31 March 1851.¹ She died on 26 January 1905.¹
     From 31 March 1851, her married name became Malet.

     Allan Arthur Grenville Malet was born on 22 February 1856.¹ He was the son of Lt.-Col. George Grenville Malet and Mary Maria Fleming Taylor.² He married Elizabeth Anne Lysaght, daughter of William Lysaght, in 1890.¹ He died on 12 September 1937 at age 81.¹
     He was with the Public Works Dept India, as Department Chief Engineer.¹ He was registered as a Member, Institution of Civil Engineers (M.I.C.E.)¹

     William Lysaght lived at Beechmount, County Cork, Ireland.¹

     Elizabeth Anne Lysaght was the daughter of William Lysaght.² She married Allan Arthur Grenville Malet, son of Lt.-Col. George Grenville Malet and Mary Maria Fleming Taylor, in 1890.¹ She died on 29 January 1953.¹
     From 1890, her married name became Malet.

     Hugh Arthur Grenville Malet was born on 22 September 1891.¹ He was the son of Allan Arthur Grenville Malet and Elizabeth Anne Lysaght.² He died on 18 April 1915 at age 23, killed in action.¹
     He was educated at Harrow School, Harrow, London, England.¹ He fought in the First World War.¹ He gained the rank of Lieutenant in the King's Own Scottish Borderers.¹

     Colonel George Edward Grenville Malet was born on 15 February 1898.¹ He was the son of Allan Arthur Grenville Malet and Elizabeth Anne Lysaght.² He married, firstly, Gwendoline Iliffe Gibbon, daughter of Brig.-Gen. James Aubrey Gibbon, on 15 July 1922.¹ He and Gwendoline Iliffe Gibbon were divorced in 1938.¹ He married, secondly, Margaret Bell Wright in 1939.¹ He died on 1 August 1952 at age 54.¹
     He was educated at Harrow School, Harrow, London, England.¹ He fought in the First World War.¹ He fought in the Second World War.¹ He was appointed Officer, Order of the British Empire (O.B.E.) in 1943.¹ He gained the rank of Colonel in the Royal Army Ordnance Corps.¹

     Gwendoline Iliffe Gibbon was the daughter of Brig.-Gen. James Aubrey Gibbon.¹ She married, firstly, Colonel George Edward Grenville Malet, son of Allan Arthur Grenville Malet and Elizabeth Anne Lysaght, on 15 July 1922.¹ She and Colonel George Edward Grenville Malet were divorced in 1938.¹ She married, secondly, Rear-Admiral Ernest William Leir in 1938.¹ She died in 1980.¹
     From 15 July 1922, her married name became Malet. From 1938, her married name became Leir.¹

     Dr. Baldwin Hugh Grenville Malet was born on 13 February 1928.¹ He was the son of Colonel George Edward Grenville Malet and Gwendoline Iliffe Gibbon.² He married Kathleen Patricia Morris, daughter of Arthur Morris, on 25 July 1959.¹ He died on 13 March 2005 at age 77 at Taunton, Somerset, England.³
     Dr. Baldwin Hugh Grenville Malet usually went by his middle name of Hugh.¹ He was educated at Wellington College, Crowthorne, Berkshire, England.¹ He graduated from King's College, Cambridge University, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, with a Master of Arts (M.A.)¹ He graduated from Salford University, Salford, Lancashire, England^G, with a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)¹ He was with the Sudan Political Service.¹ He was Director of Studies at Brasted Theological Training College, England.¹ He was Lecturer in Local History in 1973 at Salford University, Salford, Lancashire, England.¹ He lived in 2003 at The Vyne, Blue Anchor, Somerset, England^G.¹